Hanger for dry-rooms.



W. BARTHOLOMEW. HANGER FOR DRY ROOMS.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 11, 1909.

rammed June 15, 1909.

' 2: [NVENTOA mam [firmly/11M WILLIAM BARTI-IOLOMEW, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HANGER FOR DRY-ROOMS. i

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 15, 1909.

Application filed January 11, 1909. Serial No. 471,670.

To all whom it may concern:

Be 1t known that I,.-WIL1.IAM Bi-in'rnoro MEW, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, county ofCook, and State oi Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hangers for Dry-Rooms, of Which the following is a specification, relerence being had therein to the aeconumnying drawing.

This invention. relates to a. hanger for dry room conveyors and particularly to a structure adapted to form part of an endless conveyer from which the goods may be auton1a.t ically released at any desired point in its travel. p

The invention has for an object to provide a. novel-and improved construction of gripping device comprising a yoke having av central plate provided with a gripping l'accan'l o pivoting arm spaced therefrom and provided With a lever pivoted thereon with a gripping face to cooperate with the lace upon the plate and a releasing plate extending upward from the face of said lever. ii

4 Gthci, and further ohjccls and advantages of the invention will he l'uireinal'tor lully set forth and the riovcl features thereof delincd by the n-ppeinlod claims.

in the drawing:---liiguro l is a front elevation oi the l'iangor with the carrier track in section; Il1ig. 2 a side elevation thereof; l igi ii is a detail perspective of tho grip ing lever; is lg. l is a similar view oi the yolit, and Fig. 5 is a-plan ol' the releasing plates.

Like numerals refer to like parts in tlu several views of the drawing.

The numeral designates the shank oi the hanger which may be of an y d esi red construction or configuration end is provided at its lower end with the usual cross bar l and intermediate of its ends with the link member 12 adapted to cooperate with the links of the cm1'io1',':1.s shown in Fig. 2. The upper end of the shank is provided with the carrier Wheels 14 of any desired eonsl rue-lion adapted to travel upon. the tracks or ways 1 The cross our of the hanger is provided wit h a double yoke 16 having the cont ral depending plate 17 formed with tho laterally extending gripping faces l8 at oppositc sides of the lower portion therooli Spaced from this plate are the curved depending arms it .eoch of which is formed with a. pivoting aperture 26 at its lower end. This yoke may be secured to the cross bar in any dc sired manner, for instant-c, by rivets or other attaching devices as shown at 2 Each of the arms i9 is provided with a gripping lever 22 mounted thereon by means oi the pivot 23. The body of this lover is enlarged to form a eountcrhalanciug weight to insure the return by gravily to the gripping position when the lover is raised. The end of the lover opposite its pivot is formed with the laterally extending gripping lace 24 adapted to cooperate with tho taco l8 upon the central plate, and with the arm 19 to limit the upward travel thereof. For the purpose of raising this lever to release the goods gripped thereby a. reloasing arm 25 is provided which extends upwardv above the cross bar 1] 'ol the lruigcr and parallel to the shank thereof. This arm exlends upward from the gripping l'acc in substantially a, straight line so its to secure the maximum leverage l'or releasing lion shown in Fig. l to that indicated by dotted lines therein when the goods are fully released. These plates may he supported in any dcsiredv n'ninner, for instance, hymeans ol the hanger 28 mounted upon the truck or way.

in the o' 'icrationol' the invention the goods nniy lmfiutrmluccd into'tho grippers by pressing u 'nrard upon the body oi the lover, and as soon as such pressure is relieved the lever anto oatically rcturi'is to its gripping position and retains the goods upon the lmuger. 'llupositive return ol the lever to the gripping positionis secured by the en arged body thorw ol' and the releasing open position. throv. n lioyoi'id the pivotal point ol' the arm as sot-h nioven'iont is provcntcd by cnga ""llltllli ol the gripping lamupon the lever v ilh the urn: lll ol' the yolro. This .l'orm olyok providos two gripping tacos disposed closely mliarcnt to (Eztlll other and obviates the i'iecossity ol' any parts ex.- tending beyond the ends of the yoke, while the arii'angon ont ol' the releasing plates in tormediate the shank ol' the hanger and the arms materially rcduccs the width n(. -cssa.ry at that point and also prevents contact with other portions oi the carrier or goods mounted thereon. The invention therefore prcsents a simple, efficient and economically constructed form of dry room hanger comprising a double gripping device which is,

forth its merits, What 1 claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a dry room hanger, a yoke comprising a central plate provided with a gripping face and a spaced pivoting arm opposite said face, and a cooperating gripping lever pivoted upon said arm to swing upwardly from said face and having a releasing arm disposed to effectian automatic discharge of goods from said face by gravity.

2. In a dry room hanger, a yoke comprising a central plate provided with a gripping face and a spaced pivoting arm opposite said face, a cooperating gripping lever pivoted upon said arm and having an u wardly extending releasing arm, and an inc ined releasingplate mounted to engage the inner side of said releasing arm.'

3. In a dry room hanger, a double yoke having a central plate provided at opposite sides with gripping face and spaced pivot ing arms opposite each of said faces, and (:0- operating gripping levers pivotally mounted upon said arms;

4. In a dry room hanger, a double yoke having a central plate provided at opposite sides with a gripping face and spaced pivoting arms opposite each of saidlaces, and '00- operating levers pivoted upon said arms and having laterally extended gripping faces to cooperate w th those of said plate.

5. In a dry room hanger, a double yoke" having a central plate provnled at o posite sides with a gripping face and'spacer pivoting arms 0 posite each of said faces, and co ping face of the'lever and intermediate said face and the pivot thereof.

6. In a dry room hanger, a double yoke,

having a central plate provided at opposite sides with a gripping face and spaced pivoting arms opposite each of said faces,"cooperating levers pivoted upon said arms and having laterally extended gripping faces to cooperate with those of said plate and a releasing arm extended vertically from the.

grim'iing face of the lever and-intermediate said face and the pivot thereof, and releasing plates having inclined faces to engage the side of said releasing arms next said hanger. 7. A dry room hanger comprising a shank having a cross bar at its lower end, a double yoke carried by said cross bar and having a central plate with opposite gripping faces and spaced pivotmg arms, and cooperating gripping levers pivoted upon said arms and havlng vertical y extended releasing arms 7 parallel to the shank of said. hanger.

8. A dry room hanger comprising a shank having across bar at its lower end, a double yoke carried by said cross bar and having a central plate with opposite gripping faces and spaced pivoting arms, cooperating gripping levers )ivoted upon said arms and having verticaliy extended releasing arms parallel to the shank of the hanger, and a d spending support provided wwith releasing plates having oppositely inclined faces disposed intermediate of said hanger and said releasing arms. V

In testimony whereof I alhx my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

J WILLIAM BARTHOLOMEW. "ivitnessesz' J. A. VOGELSANG,

WM; KROGMAN. 

